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Safety Measures Must for Roads Under Construction: Satej Patil

  • The state government was aware of the gravity of road accidents and would take steps to prevent them, state minister for home Satej Patil said here on Monday.Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the road safety fortnight in the state, Patil said that proper road maintenance and implementation of road safety measures by the agencies constructing the roads could help in a major way in reducing the number of accidents."The public works department and other agencies construct and redevelop the roads. It is necessary to ensure that the road safety signs and other necessary measures are in place when roads are being constructed. Road construction contracts should contain a condition saying that the final payment for the work will not be disbursed until all the road safety measures are in place," Patil said.

  • One of the several measures needed to be implemented for road safety was to create awareness among drivers about safe driving practices, Patil said.Addressing school students, who were present in large numbers at the ceremony, he said that children should tell their parents, brothers, sisters and relatives at home to follow traffic discipline and drive safely. He suggested that digital boards providing information about road accidents to the public could be put up in all cities and at district places to create awareness.Umeshchandra Sarangi, additional chief secretary, home department, said citizens could act on the slogan 'each one teach one' to create awareness about road safety.

  • Regional transport officer Arun Yeola said that the transport office was taking up issues related to road safety with the public works department. He cited a case wherein a mishap had taken place on Vani hill near Nashik. The public works department had been asked to take up road safety measures following the accident, and the road was now safe, he said.Divisional commissioner Prabhakar Deshmukh, additional director general of police (traffic) Vijay Kamble, superintendent of police (highways) Pune division Dilip Bhujbal, and district superintendent of police Pune Shahaji Solunke were among those present.

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